BACKGROUND Meeting specific guideline targets is associated with improved survival rates and reduced hospitalizations in the dialysis population. This prospective work evaluated the adequacy of hemodialysis quality indicators in an in-center hemodialysis population with severe comorbidities, and assessed whether clinical practice could impact intermediate outcomes. METHODS All the chronic hem...

BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic harmed the world community including hemodialysis patients. It has affected physical and psychological status of AIM: This study aimed to evaluate dialysis adequacy, interdialytic weight gain, quality life in patients undergoing during COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A quantitative with a cross-sectional approach was conducted on 105 regular ...

Introduction: secondary hyperparathyroidism is listed among the possible reasons for intensifying the anemia and resistance to erythropoietin therapy in hemodialysis patients. Although its exact mechanism is not entirely clarified, but shift of bone marrow cells to adipocytes, bone marrow fibrosis and decreased calciteriol can be the causes. However, the role of secondary hyperparathyroidism in...

n a recent issue of this journal, Dr. Peter Blake and others commented on the ADEMEX (Adequacy of Peritoneal Dialysis in Mexico) study, a brilliantly planned and conducted study on the influence of increases in Kt/V on the outcome of anuric continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients in Mexico. This prospective, controlled study was presented at the recent meeting of the Internati...

Background: Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) need adequate dialysis. Thus, identification of the ways to enhance dialysis adequacy is very important. Objectives: The present study was conducted examine effect preparing a machine using normal saline heparin method on hemodialysis patients. Methods: This in Hamadan 2019. A total 36 patients were selected convenience sampling who assig...

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients treated with hemodialysis have a high mortality rate, which is largely due to inadequate dialysis. Dialysis adequacy, measured by the urea reduction ratio (URR), tends to be correlated within dialysis facilities with wide variations in average center adequacy. These are characteristics of a center effect, which can have an important impact on dialysis ade...